[ICOM] Icom IC-756ProIII or TS-950SDX (was: TS-850SAT???)

[Larry]

I have been a ham for a long time work a little DX. Would someone tell me
why hams think they need two receivers? I have never had a rig with one and
for the life of me don't know how I would use one. Just a simple answer
please. 73 OZ

Larry Wassman W3OZ
ARRL #1 Honor Roll
www.w3oz.com
 
-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:00 PM
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom IC-756ProIII or TS-950SDX (was: TS-850SAT???)


--- Robert Chudek <k0rc at pclink.com> wrote:
> For a comparison it's tough to beat the features of
> the Pro III in the 
> (street) price range of $2,500. I think the TenTec
> Omni VII is a contender. 

Except you give up dual receive, possibly a voice
keyer, and the band scope doesn't work as well.  I am
not paying $2500 for a rig that doesn't do some form
of dual receive.

> I haven't looked at the Yaesu products in a while,
> maybe there's a current 
> product that is comparable. 

The FT2000 is supposed to be comparable, except that
it is plagued with problems.  Go read some of the
eham.net reviews on it.


For reference, the
> TS-950SDX and SM-230 station 
> monitor all filtered up (250 Hz, 270 Hz, 500 Hz,
> 1800 Hz main RX and 500 Hz 
> sub RX) was over $5,000 in 1990 dollars. 

And you still didn't get 6m on it!

73s John AA5JG



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